The factor about brief hair over a sure age (let’s name it 50, however that is simply a gap bid — something increased up the ladder works, too) is that it is a fantastic concept in idea. In any case, as hair ages, it (like our pores and skin) turns into dehydrated, which may result in dryness, brittleness, and dullness. Hair additionally loses pigment, which may lower its luster. What higher strategy to treatment all of that than with a major lop? 

However then there’s the actuality of brief hair after 50. And the truth is that these of us who are actually 50-plus got here of age throughout the ’80s, when 50 appeared extra like 80 (see: The Golden Ladies). Happily, in response to the hairstylists we spoke to, as we speak’s greatest choices for the over-50 set bear no resemblance to Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, or Sophia (love them as we do). In actual fact, their seems have been a product of weekly wash-and-sets on the salon, which few girls over 50 have the time or inclination to do anymore, explains stylist Adir Abergel.

So, what does play for as we speak’s mature lady? Appears to be like which can be softer, versatile, and permit for some experimentation with shade if desired. All of which brings us to the mid-bob, or mob, which hits on the midway level of the neck and gives plenty of motion (and 0 wash-and-set vitality) for all hair sorts, together with curls of all types.